Extended quote:
Pray tell, what kind of country do we live in? What depraved system of chronic suffering perpetuates the exploitation of its citizens to such a ruthless and inhumane degree? In what twisted and iniquitous world does the moral balance skew so egregiously toward making a dollar while simultaneously bankrupting, imprisoning, and killing one’s own sick and desperate people?
The answer, of course, is American’s uniquely cruel brand of capitalism. We live in a maddening society where people are forced to live in healthcare servitude—or to rob banks, or to murder their spouses and kill themselves, or to drown in their own lungs—because of an inability to receive adequate medical care. Intentional suffering is the blind eye through which the American capitalist chooses to view the world.
I thought this quote would resonate with this community. It's an excerpt from a letter, which you can read at length here, from the antagonist to a protagonist in a book.